Pattern of Scleritis in an Egyptian Cohort. (18th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abd El Latif, Eiman; Seleet, Mouamen M.; El Hennawi, Hazem; Abdulbadiea Rashed, Mohamed; Elbarbary, Hossameldeen; Sabry, Karim; Abdelmonagy Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Is Part Of: Ocular immunology and inflammation. Volume 27:Number 6(2019)
• Page Start: 890
• Page End: 896
• Publication Date: 2019-08-18
• Subjects: Egypt -- nodular scleritis -- necrotizing scleritis -- infectious scleritis -- epidemiology; Eye -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects -- Periodicals; Eye -- Inflammation -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2018.1544372
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0927-3948

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Purpose : To report the clinical experience with scleritis at four Egyptian tertiary care eye centers. Methods : Multicenter retrospective chart review of all patients with scleritis visiting four ocular inflammation referral clinics in Egypt between January 2013 and October 2017. Results : A total of 303 scleritis patients were enrolled. These included 76 male and 227 female patients. The most frequent subtype of scleritis was nodular anterior scleritis (44.9%). Rheumatoid arthritis and Wegener granulomatosis were the 2 most common systemic associations among our cohort. Eyes with necrotizing scleritis with inflammation had the lowest mean initial and final BCVA. Conclusion : The visual prognosis of an eye with scleritis varies with the subtype of scleral inflammation. In our cohort, it was found to be poorer in eyes with necrotizing scleritis with inflammation compared to other subtypes.